1/30/17 (makeup)Claire Vreeland

Today in class we got our computers and sat down, like any other day. Although today we did not have a class discussion or lesson like we typically do, but instead we immediately began our individual essay construction work. For almost all of the class period  we worked on our essay and research construction, with help from Mr. Rivers only if we needed it. The class as a whole seemed to accomplish a lot and it seemed to be relatively quiet and concentrated during the class period. Some students continued to work on their proposal and conference with Mr. Rivers. Others, rather started or continued to work on the research portion, and bulk of their research paper. Even though every student in the class has completed a different amount of their senior paper, we are all working towards the same goal because if we do not pass our senior paper we cannot graduate. For some people, it is difficult to find scholarly articles from the school's databases. A student asked a question referring to the proposals, which was the very first step of our research paper. They asked "are we allowed to tweak our proposal even though we already discussed our originally idea and posted it to the classroom?"  After hearing this question, Mr. Rivers addressed the class and made a very valid point. He said that the proposal is simply just a guideline in order to help you stay organized and focused throughout the paper. Mr. rivers also stressed that the research cards are due friday and we will have class time to do it but that we should stay on task in order to complete the base of our paper. Overall today was focused on continuing in the research portion of our paper.


Below is a copy of the schedule for our paper, which shows what is due and when.

Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
January 23	24	25 #F01: Last Day for Proposal	26	27
30	31	February 1	2	3 #F02: Last Day for Research
6	7	8	9	10
13	14	15	16	17 #F03: Last Day for Organization
20 NO SCHOOL	21 NO SCHOOL	22	23	24
27	28	March 1	2 #S01: Last Day for Draft	3
6	7	8	9	10
13	14	15	16	17
20 #S02: Critical Review FILM FESTIVAL!	21 FILM FESTIVAL!	22 FILM FESTIVAL!	23 FILM FESTIVAL!	24 FILM FESTIVAL!